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Leperditia canadensis

Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae

Taxonomy
Leperditia canadensis was named by Jones (1858).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Leperditia canadensis Jones

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderLeperditicopidaScott 1961
suborderLeperditicopinaPokorny 1953
superfamilyLeperditioideaJones 1856
familyLeperditiidaeJones 1856
genusLeperditiaRouault 1851
speciescanadensisJones 1858

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Leperditia canadensis Jones 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 05:02:58
Modified: 2010-09-27 14:12:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Ontario) Leperditia canadensis (172204 172356)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Leperditia canadensis (56185 56212 56214 56215 171798 172222 172223 172226 172227 172228 172229 172230 172231 172232 172233 172234 172235 172236 172237 172238 172239 172240 172247 172294 172295 172296 172299 172304 172306 172307 172309 172310 172312 172314 172315 172316 172318 172320 172321 172323 172326 172328 172329 172330 172331 172332 172333 172335 172336 172342 172346 172348)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Leperditia canadensis (172350 172355)